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Bomb bomb Iran?
What exactly is the plan here?
Jan 14
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Andrew Gawthorpe
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Abolish ICE! (or, how I changed my mind)
A lot has changed from 2018 to today
Jan 13
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Andrew Gawthorpe
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Round-up: ICE cold murder. Venezuela is not about China. Goodbye Tim Walz
Analysis of the week's events
Jan 9
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Andrew Gawthorpe
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Trump's foreign turn
Lame ducks have done it since the dawn of time
Jan 8
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Andrew Gawthorpe
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"Blood for oil" in Venezuela will not even work
And that's on top of being immoral
Jan 6
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Andrew Gawthorpe
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12 thoughts on Trump's reckless Venezuela attack
I don't think he knows what comes next
Jan 3
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Andrew Gawthorpe
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Round-up: What's next in Venezuela? Trump threatens Iran. Et tu, Boebert?
Analysis of the week's events
Jan 2
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Andrew Gawthorpe
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J.D. Vance does a lot of racist stuff, actually
Why the upcoming discourse about "splits within MAGA" will be awful
Jan 1
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Andrew Gawthorpe
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Pocahontas and the parents' dilemma
History is morally complex, and so is telling your kids about it
Dec 30, 2025
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Andrew Gawthorpe
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Can Congress keep troops in Europe?
Probably not, but they can make it more painful for Trump to remove them
Dec 18, 2025
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Andrew Gawthorpe
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The Wiles files
What is Trump's chief of staff up to?
Dec 17, 2025
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Andrew Gawthorpe
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Round-up: Trump's real world problem. Chips ahoy. MAGA v. dual citizenship.
Analysis of the week's events
Dec 12, 2025
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Andrew Gawthorpe
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